Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“violence”) while the Sanskrit reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“violence”) while the Sanskrit reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
जार · noun · masculine
वह पुरुष जिसके साथ किसी दूसरे की विवाहिता स्त्री का प्रेम या अनुचित संबंध हो । उपपति । पराई स्त्री से प्रेम करनेवाला पुरुष । यार आशना — Śabdasāgara
जार · adj
मारनेवाला । नाश करनेवाला — Śabdasāgara
जार · jār · s.m.
Vehemence, violence, virulence — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 370
जार · jār · s.m.
A paramour, gallant, lover — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 370
जार · masculine
a lover (adulterous)
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit जार — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑀸𑀭 (jāra), from Sanskrit जार (jārá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́aHrás, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃-rós, from *ǵneh₃-.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. jāra mfn. (√ jṝ) becoming old, RV. x, 106, 7
jāra (˚ra), m. (= jarayitṛ, ‘a consumer’, Nir. v, x; Pāṇ. iii, 3, 20, Vārtt. 4) a paramour, lover, RV. (Agni is called ‘paramour of the dawn’; also ‘of the waters’, i, 46, 4; ‘of his parents’, x, 11, 6; &c.), VS.; TBr. i; Lāṭy. i, 4, 4
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(= jarayitṛ, ‘a consumer’, Vārtt. 4) a paramour, lover, (Agni is called ‘paramour of the dawn’; also ‘of the waters’, ‘of his parents’, &c.)
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1. jāra mfn. (√ jṝ) becoming old, RV. x, 106, 7
jāra (˚ra), m. (= jarayitṛ, ‘a consumer’, Nir. v, x; Pāṇ. iii, 3, 20, Vārtt. 4) a paramour, lover, RV. (Agni is called ‘paramour of the dawn’; also ‘of the waters’, i, 46, 4; ‘of his parents’, x, 11, 6; &c.), VS.; TBr. i; Lāṭy. i, 4, 4
a confidential friend, RV. x, 7, 5 and 42, 2
a paramour of a married woman, ŚBr. xiv; Lāṭy. i; Yājñ. &c. (ifc. f(ā). , Rājat. vi, 321; Hit.)
2. jāra m. (fr. jara) patr. of Vṛśa, RAnukr.
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